Day: May 5, 2020

A woman has cried out for help as her conscience continues to torment her after she slept with her landlord in order to provide for her family. The woman who expressed remorse for sleeping with her landlord, asked for help on what to do next. She sent her message to Cynthia Valerian Raphaels on Facebook and said: “Good evening ma. Hide my id please. “My marriage is 10 years with 3 kids. My husband is 44years, I …

By Ogechi Okorie Abuja (Precise Post) – Gombe state Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has received a brand new ambulance donated by retired President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa to a hospital named after her in Gombe. The ambulance was presented to the Governor by the state Acting Chief Judge, Justice Muazu Pindiga on behalf of the former PCA. The Senior Special Assistant ( Media and Publicity) Ismaila Uba Misilli to Gombe …

By Our Reporter Enugu – The Chairman of the Enugu State Football Association (ENSFA), Chidi Ofor-Okenwa is dead. The media officer of Rangers Football Club, Norbert Okolie and a very close member of the family, who pleaded anonymity confirmed the death to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday. They told NAN that Ofo-Okenwa died in his residence at the early hours of Tuesday after an undisclosed illness.NAN reports that Okenwa had been in active …

By Our Reporter YOLA – American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola, Adamawa, has disengaged the services of about 400 of its staff as part of its long restructuring process. The Vice President for University Relations, AUN, Prof. Abba Tahir made the disclosure in a statement made available to newsmen in Yola on Tuesday. Tahir said that majority of the affected personnel were those that had no significant developmental effect on the philosophy of the university. …

By Simon Akwu Enugu – The run-away COVID-19 patient from the Delta State Isolation and Treatment Centre was on Monday intercepted by the Enugu State Rapid Response Task Force on COVID-19 and security agencies. Prof. Ikechukwu Obi, the state Commissioner for Health, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Enugu. Obi said that the run-away COVID-19 patient was intercepted in the state on Monday by the security agencies, in active collaboration with the …

By Our Reporter Abuja – At last, Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber on Tuesday beamed its searchlight on 5th Generation ( 5G) network in Nigeria. Precise Post recalls that the 5G network was recently linked to the dreaded coronavirus pandemic that has killed about 300,000 People across the world. The Senate has mandated its Committees on Communications, Health, Science and Technology and ICT and Cyber Crimes to conduct a thorough investigation to determine the status of …

Italy – The five-time Ballon d’Or winner and Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo flew back to Italy on Monday after almost two months in coronavirus lockdown in his native Portugal. Ronaldo and his family landed in Turin Airport just after 10.20pm local time, according to media reports in Italy. He arrived by private jet from the Portuguese island of Madeira and will spend two weeks in quarantine. The 35-year-old played Juventus’s last Serie A game, a …

MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A plane carrying aid supplies for use in the fight against the coronavirus Which crashed in Somalia on Monday is suspected to have been shot down by Somalia’s al Qaeda-linked insurgency al Shabaab. The crash took the lifes of all six people on board, the Somali transport minister said. He declined to speculate on the cause of the crash, but a former defence minister told Reuters he had spoken to a …

By Our Reporter Abuja – Taraba state Commissioner of Health, Innocent Vakai has said that Mrs Talatu Idris, who escaped from a quarantine centre last week has been apprehended. She was returned to the isolation facility in Jalingo on Monday. Vakkai, who chairs the Task Force on Covid-19 in the State, said the fleeing woman tested positive to the pandemic. He explained that Mrs Idris was among the seven other positive cases who were being …

Togo – The President of the constitutional court in Lome administered the oath of office to President Faure Gnassingbe, his fourth consecutive term. President Gnassingbe was sworn into office over the weekend at a ceremony streamed on Facebook. The entire ceremony lasted an hour and 18 minutes. It took place in a hall in the capital Lome with the Constitutional Court judges presided over the ceremony. The President of the court administered the oath of …

By Our Reporter Abuja – Former President Goodluck on Tuesday paid tribute to his late boss, Umar Musa Yar’Adua who died ten years ago, addressing him as a President like no other. See the kind words he used to describe him in on his facebook page: “It has been a decade since His Excellency President Umar Musa Yar’Adua was snatched by the cold hands of death. On this day, every year, his image fills our …

By Our Reporter Abuja – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded the prosecution of the sacked Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mustapha Maihaja. The party tasked the Federal Government on the alleged N5.8 billion scandal, reportedly unearthed by an investigative committee of the House of Representatives. In a statement on Monday by the spokesman for the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party also tasked the government over N33 billion NEMA funds allegedly embezzled …

By Our Reporter Abuja- President Muhammadu Buhari has urged international financial institutions to help cushion the pandemic fallout with “outright debt cancellation of Nigeria and those of members of the Non-Aligned Movement.” according to a report by Bloomberg, quoting a statement from the President’s office. The pardon, if granted, will help member states to withstand the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking during a meeting with other Heads of State from the Non-Aligned Movement, the …

By Eric Teniola THE meeting of the National Council of State is long overdue. The Council met last on January 22 last year and discussed many issues, especially the minimum wage. Although the Council has no executive power but its advisory role is important. The National Economic Council and the Council of State are the two bodies created by the Constitution to advise the President on specific matters. The Council should have been involved in …

By Abujah Racheal Abuja – The Federal Government has advised medical facilities in the country to stop rejecting patients, especially emergency cases. Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health, said this on Monday in Abuja, at the Presidential Taskforce (PTF) briefing on COVID-19 in the country. Ehanire, however, noted that it is unethical not to attend to persons in distress, adding that any infected health worker puts a strain on the system. The minister said the ministry …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday condoled with the government and people of Zamfara over the passing of the Emir of Kaura Namoda, Alh. Ahmad Muhammad Asha, describing him as a man of peace, who loved his community and the country. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja, the President commiserated with the family, the Zamfara State Council of Chiefs, and …